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Local, State or National Government? is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on which level of US government provides a service, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Civ.5.3-5. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Local, State or National Government?

D2.Civ.5.3-5

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Sort each service into the level of government that provides it.

1.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Fixing potholes on city streets, Giving licenses to nurses and doctors, Running national parks such as Yellowstone, Looking after a city park and playground, Making treaties with other countries, Running state parks

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2.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Printing paper money, Running state universities, Running the city police department, Running the public schools in your school district, Writing and changing the state constitution, Running the army, navy and air force

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3.Sort each one: Local or State or National?

Sort: Making coins at the US Mint, Running the US Postal Service, Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets, Collecting trash from homes in town, Giving out driver's licenses, Running the state highway patrol

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Answer key — Local, State or National Government?

Set 14. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. Fixing potholes on city streets — Local 2. Giving licenses to nurses and doctors — State 3. Looking after a city park and playground — Local 4. Making treaties with other countries — National 5. Running national parks such as Yellowstone — National 6. Running state parks — State
  2. 2.1. Printing paper money — National 2. Running state universities — State 3. Running the army, navy and air force — National 4. Running the city police department — Local 5. Running the public schools in your school district — Local 6. Writing and changing the state constitution — State
  3. 3.1. Collecting trash from homes in town — Local 2. Deciding where stop signs go on neighborhood streets — Local 3. Giving out driver's licenses — State 4. Making coins at the US Mint — National 5. Running the state highway patrol — State 6. Running the US Postal Service — National

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Civ.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.